Is the niqab obligatory, and what is the response to the hadith that indicates a woman had her face uncovered while asking the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, about Hajj, and he did not order her to cover her face? And why do scholars' opinions differ regarding the obligatoriness of the niqab, while there is no disagreement on the obligatoriness of the hijab?
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The ruling on the niqab was previously explained in no. 32440, along with the sayings of the scholars and their evidence concerning it, and the reason for the scholars' difference of opinion regarding its obligation in Fatwa no. 34087. The answer concerning the of Al-Fadl ibn Abbas is in Fatwa no. 35942.
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